H152: אֲדְרַמֶּלֶךְ
ʼĂdrammelek · pronounced ad-ram-meh'-lek · “Adrammelech”
Definition
Adrammelek, the name of an Assyrian idol, also of a son of Sennacherib
KJV translates it as: Adrammelech.
Word origin: from H142 (אָדַר) and H4428 (מֶלֶךְ); splendor of (the) king;
Extended definition
§ Adrammelech = "honour of the king" or "Adar is prince" or "Adar is Counsellor, Decider"
1) an idol or god of the Sepharvites, introduced to Israel by Shalmaneser the fifth
2) the son and murderer of Sennacherib
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H152 is translated
- adrammelech ×3
Bible verses with H152 (ʼĂdrammelek)
ʼădrammelek appears in 3 verses.
- 2 Kings 17:31
And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
- 2 Kings 19:37
And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
- Isaiah 37:38
And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esar–haddon his son reigned in his stead.